Oakden Mental Health Facility

Mr DULUK (Davenport) (14:42): My question is to the Minister for Mental Health. Does the minister agree with public comments made by the new clinical leader of Oakden, Dr McKellar, on 3 May, when he said, 'There is no plan on how to manage patients currently admitted to acute inpatient units'?

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (14:42): One of the recommendations is designing a new model of care, and that is an ongoing piece of work. The government brought a response to the general public, the cabinet accepted it. We fully accepted the recommendations from the Oakden report, and one of those is about a model of care. That is an ongoing piece of work. That is not something that is conducted overnight, and I would expect that Dr McKellar's views and other clinicians' views around the country about what is best practice will be involved in developing that model of care.